Eastbourne College

Why Eastbourne College such a strong school

When last fall I went to schools in the South of England, one of the most powerful schools I visited were школаEastbourne College.

Eastbourne Сollege - senior in the South of England with 150 years of history. The school has 630 databasesto 13-18 years programme GCSE and A-level, and most of them achieve excellent results in studies. The average results over the last seven years: 62% of students in exams GCSE received grades AA*, while 80% A-level graduaters got AA*B. The school has 10-12% of international students.

All students live either in a boarding house, or during the day they stay in a day boarding house and go home at night. For daytime boarding house 6 large houses have been built, where a separate study room is allocated for each student. Also, each student is assigned a separate tutor, who meets with his students twice a week and discuss the curriculum, progress and other issues. Each week, the tutor sends a report to parents.

70% of graduates Eastbourne College enter universities in the Russel Group (top 20 universities in the UK).

At the same time, the school does not inetersed in the rating tables that do not take into account improvements in student performance and investments aimed at the development of the school. Very high requirements for admission to the school. For example, to enroll A-level students from other schools want to see the following results: 5 A-B at GCSE of at least 7 subjects.

The school occupies a huge area, academic buildings, residences and the rest of the infrastructure scattered across the coastal areas of Eastbourne. This design of the school makes it more like a University College than a high school. Students of Eastbourne Сollege must be mature responsible, to plan your school day and not be distracted by shop windows and cafes, moving around the city between numerous buildings. And, despite the fact that Eastbourne is very quiet and safe city, the school still controls the children's access to the city.

Investment in the development of the school

To mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the school, a large-scale construction project is underway, called Project 150. In the Central part of the College dedicated an acre of land, which turned the construction of a new academic building, which provides 32 modern classrooms, a sports center, which in size and functionality will eclipse all sports centers of the region, as well as Olimpic swimmimg pool,a large school canteen, meeting room, café and three-story pavilion, which will be connected to the recently opened school of theatre and exhibition centre.

When I visited the College last fall, the construction site looked like this:

By the end of 2016, the construction will be completed and that's how it will look the same place:

Music, sports, art at Eastbourne College

In Eastbourne Сollege much attention is paid to art. A large and modern building, recently built, occupies a center for creative arts with a large exhibition center.

Also, there is big music school that accepts studetnts wishing to study from basic to advanced-level, students of music school participate in the orchestra, choir, and numerous pop groups and arrange plays, musicals, professionally recorded music - the school recording studio makes a recording for everyone who is involved in music, you can also learn how to become a sound engineer. In addition, there is a dance school.

Students strong in sports: 7th place for Great Britain in equestrian sport, there are national Champions in rugby, swimming, tennis, golf, etc. 120 high school teams up to 20 types of team sports. Women's hockey at the national level. For boys the most popular sports: Rugby, football and cricket. For 9-11 grades pupils sport is mandatory, and in 12-13 grades students choose whether they want to practice sports and which ones. There are sports scholarships to study in school.

The school also runs the largest in the South of England cadet Academy, in which study 330 students: teach girls and boys to fly, drive motor boats. Prepare children for social work, visit the place of volunteering with them, invite speakers, lead to the first volunteer work.

Great science lab in a separate building. 3 floors dedicated to specific subjects: chemistry floor,physics floor and biology floor.

On each floor there is a large scientific laboratory where half of the room is occupied by desks with an interactive whiteboard and projector, and the second part is tables for scientific experiments.

Accommodation at Eastbourne College

Residence accommodation in double rooms for pupils of 9 -10 grades, and each semester neighbors change to have more friends. Teachers ask with whom you want to live, and who don't want, and pick it up. From 11 grade all students live in separate roms. Pupils of 9-10 grades should do their homework in common room under supervision and with the help of senior students. The school owns 11 houses, of which 6 are for day students and 5 for boarding students. Each house accomodates approximately 50-60 students. Students room is cleaned every day. Large room, even those that are designed for 1 student. Residences differ only in modernity, but all are equally organized.